The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it. — J. G. Stedman Copy Share Image
And that is what the perception is by the American left, who hates Christendom. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
There was one thing I was never going to do--no way: preach at a crusade! — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
Every walk is a sort of crusade, preached by some Peter the Hermit in us. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the… — Shakira Copy Share Image
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to… — Jose Bergamin Copy Share Image
Well, for me, my favourite 'Indiana Jones' is 'The Last Crusade,' because you get tears in your eyes when you see the… — Ray Winstone Copy Share Image
If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the Crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few… — Moustapha Akkad Copy Share Image
preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by its results, while a crusade is judged… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical, — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few… — Moustapha Akkad Copy Share Image
In most cases, obviously, soldiers fought because a government drafted them and gave them a rifle. At every point too, we see… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for… — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at… — Vida Goldstein Copy Share Image
Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the… — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
Some few, and I am one of them, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The line between faith and fanaticism is a constantly shifting one,” Dr. Poblocki said. “When does belief become justification? When does right… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The call to wage war against America was made because America has spear-headed the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
Christians have ... identified their opponents, whether Jews, pagans, or heretics, with forces of evil, and so with Satan... Nor have things… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
The effects which follow too constant and intense a concentration upon evil are always disastrous. Those who crusade, not for God in… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
People who think of God as a warrior may become warriors themselves, whether in a Christian crusade, a Muslim jihad, or an… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Our problem is that the climate crisis hatched in our laps at a moment in history when political and social conditions were… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
I dreamed of Crusades, voyages of discovery that nobody had heard of, republics without histories, religious wars stamped out, revolutions in morals,… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
“Religion is the most powerful entity on earth. A phenomenon that has conscripted millions to give or sacrifice their lives without so… — Cal Sarwar Copy Share Image
My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
A crusade is, simply put, something that's bigger than you are. It's a "cause" with an impact that reaches beyond your personal… — Arthur L. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Every government, left or right, always engages in moral crusades. What else are they supposed to do? Especially when they make war;… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
The whole history of the last thousands of years has been a history of religious persecutions and wars, pogroms, jihads, crusades. I… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image